Category: Sports

British Olympic boxing is in shock. Six boxers qualified for Paris, and all but Lewis Richardson leave without winning a bout, including the highly-regarded super heavyweight Delicious Orie. Four of the five who lost claimed their defeats were unjust, one supremely so. Welcome to Olympic boxing, a sport with a queue a mile long of...

An action-packed Paris Olympics 2024 opening week continues across iPlayer, BBC TV, Radio, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app across the afternoon and evening on Day 5. With a plethora of medals up for grabs, here’s how to watch and follow some of the evening’s finals and keep up with Team GB....

Great Britain’s Kieran Reilly secured BMX freestyle silver in a dramatic final in Paris. The 23-year-old scored 93.70 in his opening run to put him in second place at that point and was guaranteed a minimum of a bronze medal by the time he appeared for his second run. He duly moved back into the...

In the women’s triathlon, Potter, who competed on the track for Team GB in the 10,000m at the 2016 Rio Games, came to Paris as the defending world champion and the winner of last year’s test event. She left the water in fifth behind Bermuda’s Flora Duffy, who won this title at the Tokyo Olympics...

Alex Yee produced a stunning finish to claim a dramatic gold medal in the men’s triathlon on Wednesday as Great Britain’s women’s quadruple sculls broke Dutch hearts at the line to win gold on the water. Yee had looked destined to settle for silver as he fell behind Hayden Wilder during the 10km run, only...

What’s coming up on Thursday?published at 22:26 31 July 22:26 31 July Gold medal events: Artistic gymnastics (women’s individual all-around), athletics (men’s and women’s 20km race walk), canoe slalom (men K1), fencing (women’s foil team), judo (women’s -78kg, men’s -100kg), rowing (women’s double sculls, men’s double sculls, women’s coxless four, men’s coxless four), sailing (men’s...

Former Great Britain forward Josh Jones has revealed he is suffering from the serious brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Jones, 31, retired last year due to concussion-related issues shortly after being released by Betfred Super League side Huddersfield. He had previously played for St Helens – with whom he won the Grand Final in 2014...

Great Britain’s rowers won Olympic gold in a dramatic end to the women’s quadruple sculls after a photo finish with the Netherlands. The Dutch led from the front and were half a boat length clear with 200m to go in Paris before an astonishing push from GB pipped them at the line. The GB quartet...

“It’s been a long time in the making and I can’t quite believe it,” said Scott, 25. “I don’t even know if I’m emotional yet, that will come. We were so process-driven today and the immensity hasn’t struck me because I’ve been trying to play it really cool.” It was the most unlikely of victories...

Hannah French scored the winning goal as Great Britain boosted their chances of progression at the Paris Olympics with a 2-1 victory over South Africa. French’s third-quarter strike gave Team GB their first win of the women’s tournament at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, following defeats by Spain and Australia that had put them bottom of Pool B....

Alex Yee produced a stunning finish to emulate Alistair Brownlee as Britain’s second Olympic triathlon champion – before the women’s quadruple sculls pulled off a remarkable comeback of their own to clinch a dramatic rowing gold just 10 minutes later. A triumphant hour for Team GB began when the 26-year-old Londoner, who went into the...